Roseanne Mannion

Roseanne Mannion

Principal, Trade Marks Leader - Australia
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Roseanne Mannion is an Principal in our Trade Marks Team and assists clients with their brand protection strategies in Australia and overseas. She has extensive experience in contentious and non-contentious trade mark matters through her management of local and international trade mark portfolios. She provides strategic advice on selection, clearance, filing, prosecution and enforcement of trade marks in a diverse range of industries including software and technology, fashion, FMCG and natural resources. As an experienced trade mark attorney she has represented many brand owners in trade mark opposition and removal proceedings in both Australia and New Zealand.

Prior to moving to Australia in 2007, Roseanne practiced as an Irish and European Community Trade Mark Attorney before the Irish Patents Office and European Union Intellectual Property Office. This experience gives her a unique insight in advising clients on their global brand strategies.

Roseanne is an active member of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New South Wales (IPSANZ) and currently sits on the New South Wales Committee. Given her Irish roots, she also sits on the board of The Lansdowne Club, the premier Irish business networking club for Australian based Irish professionals and businesses.


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Lord of the Wings trade mark refused in Middle-earth
Since the release of The Lord of the Rings film franchise in 2001, New Zealand has been synonymous with “Middle-earth”. New Zealand tourism and traders jumped on the Tolkien...
Since the release of The Lord of the Rings film franchise in 2001, New Zealand has been synonymous with...
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Spruson & Ferguson recognised in WTR 1000 2024
Spruson & Ferguson are pleased to once again be included in World Trademark Review's WTR 1000 2024, with four jurisdiction listings and nine recommended individuals featured. Spruson & Ferguson has...
Spruson & Ferguson are pleased to once again be included in World Trademark Review's WTR 1000 2024, with four...
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Spruson & Ferguson recognised in WTR 1000 2023
Spruson & Ferguson are pleased to once again be included in the WTR 1000 2023, with five jurisdiction listings and 10 recommended individuals featured. Spruson & Ferguson has been ranked...
Spruson & Ferguson are pleased to once again be included in the WTR 1000 2023, with five jurisdiction listings...
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Who owns a nickname? AUNTY HELEN registration refused in New Zealand
James Craig Benson v Helen Elizabeth Clark NZIPOTM 6 Whether endearing or disparaging, Australians and New Zealanders have been giving each other nicknames for well over a century, and...
James Craig Benson v Helen Elizabeth Clark NZIPOTM 6 Whether endearing or disparaging, Australians and New Zealanders have been...
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